The Hornets are now unbeaten in nine matches despite the managerial chaos that led to Slavisa Jokanovic taking charge.

And their Brazilian stopper wants them to aim for the Premier League after moving from Tottenham over the summer.

"I believe that I belong to the Premier League and I'm playing in the Championship but I belong to the Premier League," he said.

"That's why I came here, to help the club and everybody here to be there and I can be there with them as well.

"Of course it is a dream for everyone to be in the Premier League next season but I believe the most important thing is to be focused on this season and finish it off."

The Hornets came back from a goal behind to win this game after Martyn Woolford had given Millwall the lead before Matej Vydra, Daniel Tozser and Gianni Munari struck.

And Gomes also revealed that the club's senior players have played their part in stabilising the club after Jokanovic became their fourth manager in 37 days earlier this month.

“I believe that I belong to the Premier League”

Heurelho Gomes

He added: "The senior players have played their part as well - Keith [Andrews], Troy [Deeney] of course, Lloyd Doyley.

"I believe it is important for us to be close to the young players as well.

"We have got a lot of young players and they need to understand how important it is to be together because they are not going to play every time and they have to be focused on the situation when we need them."

Millwall were unlucky not to take more from the game after Ricardo Fuller had a strong penalty shout turned down before they conceded a soft free-kick on the edge of their own box that led to Tozser's strike.

And their goalscorer believes they put in the kind of display that suggests they have put last season's relegation worries behind them.

"We all feel we're a million miles away from where we were last year confidence-wise," Woolford said.

"Even though we've lost today we'll still take some positives from the game and keep the confidence high.

"We've had some good results against pretty good teams of late so we just need to keep our heads up and not let a defeat like this get us down.